Therapy Outcomes Among Triply Infected Patients (HIV + HCV + GBV-C)

Abstract

Although GB virus C (GBV-C) has never been associated with disease, its influence on HIV infection has received much attention. Some studies have shown that patients with HIV/GBV-C coinfection have lower HIV viral loads and higher CD4-cell counts, and thus slower HIV disease progression, than do patients infected with HIV alone. Other studies, however, have failed to confirm these effects. Little has been published about the role of GBV-C in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)/HIV coinfection. To better understand the prevalence of GBV-C infection among such …